A representative is chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others‚ according to Google. The play by Luis Valdez takes place in LA during 1943 where both World War 2 and the Zoot Suit riots were happening. In the play Zoot Suit we follow Henry who is a pachuco‚ a part of a gang called the 38th street gang and El Pachuco who likes to give Henry advice on what to do throughout the play yet he is unable to interact with anyone other than Henry. Along with Della‚ Rudy‚ Lupe‚ Smiley‚ Joey‚
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are many different pieces to choose from in literature. This paper will be discussing the two novels of Zoot Suit by Luis Valdez and The Milagro Beanfield War by John Nichols. Zoot Suit is also a play and The Milagro Beanfield War was made into a film. Zoot suit is actually the first Hispanic play to be written. It is to be the only Hispanic play that exists today. The main character in Zoot Suit is Henry Reyna the leader of the 38th street gang. The main character in The Milagro Beanfield war is Joe
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Zoot Suits in Zoot Suit Danielle Meyer Watching the movie and even just recognizing the the reasoning behind the title‚ it is blatantly clear that “zoot suits” were not desirable attire for most people. And by most people‚ I mean the wealthy‚ white and conservative. Historically‚ in 1943 was the year the “zoot suits” took off. Mexican Americans were the main source of the apparel and it was no secret that the police began to discriminate against whoever wore them. In this specific movie we watched
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mystery and the resulting "Zoot Suit Riots" in Los Angeles ‚ playwright Luis Valdez weaves fact and fiction to depict the fate of 22 young Mexican Americans brought to trial for a murder they did not commit. "Zoot Suit" brings together unforgettable characters such as the irreverent El Pachuco and the charismatic Henry Reyna‚ an unsuspecting gang leader who finds himself caught in the middle of the racially turbulent events that rocked Los Angeles during the early 1940s. Valdez says this production
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Based on the infamous 1942 “Sleepy Lagoon” murder mystery and the resulting “Zoot Suit Riots” in Los Angeles ‚ playwright Luis Valdez weaves fact and fiction to depict the fate of 22 young Mexican Americans brought to trial for a murder they did not commit. The play has symbolic significance for Mexican Americans and tells about the riots during World War II. The Sleepy Lagoon Murder was one step in the fight for the rights and respect of Mexican American’s. This riot involved young servicemen
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Zoot Suit Riots Zoot suits‚ associated with the Mexican race‚ consisted of a long jacket that reached almost to the knees‚ pants with a "tight stuff cuff"‚ a "wide‚ flat hat‚ and Dutch-toe shoes" (Berger 193). These zoot suits were worn by the Mexican youth who were accused of murder on August 2‚ 1942. People claimed that Jose Diaz was murdered by a gang that had broken up a party at Sleepy Lagoon ranch located close to Los Angeles. However‚ even though the lower court did convict them of murder
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African Americans of the era. In effect‚ they tried to disassociate themselves from this faction. Young Latino men referred to themselves as pachucos and sported oversize suits known as zoot suits. In the film Zoot Suit Riots‚ Joseph Tovares remarkably portrayed the difficult lives of Mexican Americans in the 1940s. Zoot Suit Riots is a powerful film that explores the complicated racial tensions‚ as well as the changing social and political scene leading up to the riots in the streets of Los Angeles
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play Zoot Suit‚ the zoot suit is has many overt and covert symbolisms. The Mexican Americans that wore them see it one way‚ and their elders and family member another. The police saw it in a completely different way‚ and even the sailors saw it another. In this section we will analyze how the play portrays the zoot suit. To the Mexican American that wore zoot suits‚ it was a symbol of pride. Putting on a zoot suit “…MAKES YOU FEEL REAL ROOT LOOK LIKE A DIAMOND‚ SPARKLING‚ SHINING…” (Zoot Suit
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have been through a numerous events‚ mostly bad ones to fight for their rights. The importance of the Zoot Suit Riots lay not only in what the WWII was about—freedom‚ antiracism and segregation‚ but also in how it might be used to gain insight in the youth culture movement‚ which can demonstrate how the government can undertake and prohibit their own lives and identities (Alvarez‚ 2008). Zoot Suits were not simply metaphors for the political agendas of others‚ rather they practiced their own cultural
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The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of racial attacks in 1943 throughout in L.A‚ California‚ throughout a amount once several immigrants arrived for the defense effort and new appointed‚ servicemen flooded Los Angeles. U.S sailors and marines attacked Mexican groups‚ recognizable by the zoot suits they favored and would always where‚ as being disloyal. Yank military personnel and Mexicans were the most parties within the riots; servicemen attacked some African yank and Filipino yank youths also‚
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